Food is a strong motivator for all creatures, including humans. In this third installment of the series "New Beginnings," we ...

The mesquite flour imparts a kind of chocolaty, caramelly flavor that I find absolutely delicious! If mesquite trees don’t grow in your area but you want to try cooking with the flour, ...

Mesquite: It's More Than Barbecue Wood, It's A Tree With Magic Beans : The Salt When an Austin neuroscientist-turned-baker dove deeply into a box of Peruvian mesquite flour on a lark, he found a ...

Mesquite flour is a “mystery substance,” said Charles Perry in the Los Angeles Times. On the market only since 1990, the spice is made from the finely ground seed pods of the mesquite tree.

This impressive flavoring has been on the American market since around 1990, mostly used in baked goods -- muffins, pancakes, cookies -- and mostly confined to the special-diet ghetto.

To get started, mix with other flours for pancakes, muffins, cakes, cornbread or cookies: 1/4 cup mesquite flour + 3/4 cup wheat flour. For savory dishes, use as breading for meat, fish or cheese.

But mesquite flour, made from the seedpods of the mesquite tree, tastes nothing like smoke. Unexpectedly, ground mesquite seedpods taste like an aromatic blend of cinnamon, chocolate, and coffee.

Mesquite pancakes Total time: About 25 minutes Servings: 5 servings (3 pancakes each) Note: Mesquite flour can be found online at www.casadefruta.com, www.desertusa.com and Amazon.com, as well as ...

Those skinny yellow tree pods falling into the swimming pool and littering the lawn seem like nothing more than a messy nuisance — until you realize they can be turned ...

Mesquite flour was (and is) used for cooked and uncooked bread. And for mixing with water, yielding a drink called atole. Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz, a traditional healer, chef, and indigenous foods ...

Mesquite flour adds its sweet, delicately nutty, uniquely Arizonan flavor to everything it’s used in. But you’ll need to know a couple of things about it before you begin your mesquite flour ...